Whitworth Planing Machine
circa 1842
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station
1842
Eclipse
1841
Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway
1842
great north of england railway bye laws notice
1842
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch
1842
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841
1841
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway
1842
Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841
1841
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942
1842
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2
1842
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC
2800 BCE
Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'
1845
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph
1870-09
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979